Education
Cinema Center's education philosophy encourages an open
attitude towards all media. Quality moving picture media
are informative, inspiring, uplifting, entertaining and
part of daily life. New media, especially the Internet, are
important elements of our technological
future. Creating educated viewers who easily ignore
inferior, sensational or exploitative programming is more
effective and beneficial than telling people to just "turn
it off." Encouraging people ofall ages to be informed
and educated media consumers is our educational
goal.
Cinema Center offers various educational
opportunities. These include:
Movie Talk -- Each month the Cinema Center Education
Committee hosts an informal post movie conversation. Movie
talk takes place the third Sunday of the month after the
4pm matinee. We talk about whatever movie is featured
for the matinee. If you just love to talk about
movies, this is a great opportunity to chat with other
movie fans.
IPFW Summer Film Course -- Each
Summer, Cinema Center and IPFW collaborate in
presenting a series of movies available for fun or
credit. This year’s course is “Funny Ha-Ha: Great
Comdedies.”
Lombardapalooza -- October 6th. That’s the
birthday of Carole Lombard, She was born right here in
Fort Wayne in 1908. On film, she was a great
comedienne. In life, she was a fun person, a
practical joker, a very generous person and someone who
loved her country. When she died in a plane crash,
flying from Indianapolis home to Hollywood, she had just
completed the most successful war bond selling rally ever.
In October, we celebrate her life by showing her films
and inviting scholars to discuss her work. A year from
this fall, in 2008, we will celebrate the centennial
of her birth with an extra special
Lombardapalooza.
Special Events, Panel Discussions and more: Cinema
Center often presents events that enhance our
programming. We present speakers, filmmakers,
demonstrations and panel discussions whenever we
can. Recent events have included: filmmaker Nelofir
Paziri and her films “Kandahar” and “Return to
Kandahar.,” speakers with the film “Darfur
Diaries,” a panel discussion for the locally produced film
“A Watershed Mentality,” a film encouraging water
quality, and live music for “Dream With A Window,” a
locally produced film. Sean Townsend, the director
participated in post film Q&A.
Your event here! If you work with a community group
and know of a film that would benefit the cause of
your community group, please give us a call. We love
working with other community groups to raise awareness
about causes and concerns whether they are local, national
and global.